See also: Anointing and prayer by others, Faith, Prayer/meditation
Prayer is an active effort to communicate with a deity or spirit either to offer praise, to make a request, seek guidance, confess sins, or simply to express one's thoughts and emotions. The words of the prayer may either be a set hymn or incantation, or a spontaneous utterance.
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| Reasons used | # of patients | Major | Moderate | Slight | None | Can’t tell | # of patients evaluated by |
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| spiritual enlightenment | 16 |
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3 | ||
| Other | 7 |
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1 | ||||
| General health | 6 |
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1 | ||||
| Support another treatment | 5 |
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1 | ||||
| Hopelessness | 3 |
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1 | ||||
| Anxiety and fear | 2 |
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1 |
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Top 10 dosages based on patients currently using Prayer. See all 22 dosages ►
| 100 hr all the time (24/7) | 1440 min all the time (24/7) | 15 min all the time (24/7) | 15minutes as needed | 25minutes as needed | 30 min all the time (24/7) | 5minutes as needed | 0.5 hours daily | 1 hr daily | 2 hr daily | 15 min weekly | 40 min every other week | 3 min daily | 5 min daily | 5 other daily | 10 min daily | 15 min daily | 20 min daily | 25 min daily | 30 min daily | 45 min daily | 60 min daily | ||
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| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients | |
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Other
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1 | 50% |
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Report created on November 23, 2009.